Children's sports trivia game

Abstract

A children's sports trivia game comprised of a game board having a width and a length with a starting end and a finishing end. Yard lines, each of five yards, extend across the width of the board between the end zones. The game board has 23 peg holes extending in each of two rows from within the starting end to within the finishing end. The game board has indicia thereon replicating a football field including yard lines. The peg holes are spaced along the yard lines with one of the holes positioned within the starting end and one of the holes positioned within the finishing end. A field goal range is marked by indicia extending from adjacent to the finishing end and a location prior to the midpoint of the length of the board. The game includes a plurality of playing pieces, a plurality of sports trivia cards and answer cards, and a rule book.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 
     
       1. A children's sports trivia game for providing challenging play action through the use of a question and answer format comprising, in combination: a game board having a width and a length with a starting end and a finishing end, with yard lines, each of five yards, the game board having 23 peg holes extending in each of two rows from within the starting end to within the finishing end, the game board having indicia thereon replicating a football field including yard lines, the peg holes spaced along the yard lines with one of the holes positioned within the starting end and one of the holes positioned within the finishing end, the rows of peg holes being spaced across the width of the board with between about 60 to 65 percent of the width of the board between the rows of peg holes and with between about 18 to 20 percent of the width of the board between each row of peg holes and the adjacent edge, the game board having four rubber foot pads secured to a lower surface thereof;   a field goal range marked by indicia extending from adjacent to the finishing end and a location prior to the midpoint of the length of the board;   two playing pieces, each of the playing pieces replicating a football player, each of the two playing pieces having a pegged lower end, each pegged lower end adapted to be received within the plurality of peg holes of the game board;   a plurality of sports trivia cards and answer cards; and   a rule book, whereby said sports trivia cards and said answer cards are used in combination with said rule book to determine the movement of said playing pieces in said pegged holes along said game board.   
     
     
       2. A children's sports trivia game for providing challenging play action through the use of a question and answer format comprising, in combination: a game board having a width and a length with a starting end and a finishing end, with yard lines, each of five yards, the game board having 23 peg holes extending in each of two rows from within the starting end to within the finishing end, the game board having indicia thereon replicating a football field including yard lines, the peg holes spaced along the yard lines with one of the holes positioned within the starting end and one of the holes positioned within the finishing end, the rows of peg holes being spaced across the width of the board with between about 60 to 65 percent of the width of the board between the rows of peg holes and with between about 18 to 20 percent of the width of the board between each row of peg holes and the adjacent edge, the game board having four rubber foot pads secured to a lower surface thereof;   a field goal range marked by indicia extending from adjacent to the finishing end and a location prior to the midpoint of the length of the board;   a plurality of playing pieces;   a plurality of sports trivia cards and answer cards; and   a rule book, whereby said sports trivia cards and said answer cards are used in combination with said rule book to determine the movement of said playing pieces in said pegged holes along said game board.   
     
     
       3. The game as described in claim 1 and further including wherein the starting end is labeled the start zone on the game board. 
     
     
       4. The game as described in claim 3 and further including wherein the finishing end is labeled the end zone on the game board. 
     
     
       5. The game as described in claim 2 and further including wherein the plurality of playing pieces replicating a football player, each of the plurality of playing pieces having a pegged lower end, each pegged lower end adapted to be received within the plurality of peg holes of the game board. 
     
     
       6. The game as described in claim 2 and further including wherein the number of rows on the game board is two.